CVE-2000-0143: OpenBSD OpenSSH

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The SSH protocol server sshd allows local users without shell access to redirect a TCP connection through a service that uses the standard system password database for authentication, such as POP or FTP.

Affected products

  • OpenBSD OpenSSH: up to and including 1.2.1; version 1.2 only
  • SSH SSH: version 1.2.0 only; version 1.2.1 only; version 1.2.2 only; version 1.2.3 only; version 1.2.4 only; version 1.2.5 only; …

Published 2000-02-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.